Are you a man-pleaser or a GOD-pleaser?
Paul spoke by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 1:
9 I will make it clear: Anyone, no matter who they are, that brings you a different gospel than the grace Gospel that you have received, let them be condemned and cursed!
10 I’m obviously not trying to flatter you or water down my message to be popular with men, but my supreme passion is to please God. For if all I attempt to do is please people, I would not be the true servant of the Messiah.
I have the same passion as Paul. FATHER has bestowed so much grace on me over my lifetime, there is no way that I would back off now and move away from my relationship with HIM.
Many pastors have become man-pleasers in their watered-down messages these days. They are more interested in protecting their source of income and status than speaking forth the Truth.
Paul declares that anyone preaching a gospel other than that of the One of grace centered around Jesus Christ, will be condemned and cursed. Those are strong Words but need to be spoken. Judgment will come on those who have and are preaching a compromising gospel to others.
A perfect example of this deals with the lgbqt movement. Their sin is an abomination to Our Heavenly Father. If it weren’t, HE would not have wiped out Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 11:
20 Then Jesus began to openly denounce the cities where He had done most of His mighty miracles, because the people failed to turn away from sin and return to God.
21 He said, “How tragic it will be for the city of Korazin! And how horrible for the city of Bethsaida! For if the powerful miracles that I performed in Korazin and Bethsaida had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have humbled themselves and repented, and turned from their sins.
22 Tyre and Sidon will better off on judgment day than you!
23 And Capernaum—do you really think you’ll be exalted because of the great miracles I have done there? No! You’ll be brought down to the depths of hell because of your rejection of Me. For if the miracles I worked in your streets were done in Sodom, it would still be standing today!
24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom in the day of judgment than it will be for you.”
And He spoke in Mark chapter 6:
11 “And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”
Sodom and Gomorrah are clearly linked with judgment in Jesus’ own Words and He only speaks the Words FATHER gives Him. Do you think that Truth is subject to change? Absolutely not! Doctors can do sex change operations, but they cannot change the gender chromosomes from XY to XX in every cell of your body. It is what it is and there is nothing man can do about it.
Half-truths are lies. Opinions usually contain incomplete facts so they cannot be trusted as well. This is why I am not interested in having my own opinion about matters. If you don’t know the Truth, it is simply better to keep your mouth shut.
Jesus was not concerned about having people like Him. It is clear when He encountered the Pharisees, He was not attempting to be a man-pleaser. Neither should we. The prophets of the Old Testament were in the same boat. Most of them were killed by those who were given Words of judgment.
It is time for all of us who are fully committed to Jesus, to take a stand against the unrighteousness before us. Being silent is no different than being in agreement. It is time to be a GOD-pleaser.